ANIMAL TRANSPORT TO SLAUGHTERHOUSE

PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO STRENGTHEN ANIMAL TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS

WHEREAS regulations for the transport of animals under Canada's Health of Animals Act are outdated and in need of revision;

WHEREAS ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) may be legally transported 52 hours (in addition to a pre- and post- boarding food withdrawal period) with no access to water, food or rest, and monogastric animals (pigs,poultry and horses) may be transported 36 hours (in addition to a pre-boarding food withdrawal time) with no access to water, food or rest;

WHEREAS these allowable transport times are among the longest in the industrialized world, and are not consistent with scientific findings on animal welfare during transport;

WHEREAS animals that become injured or diseased during transport threaten the quality, health and safety of Canadian food products;

We, the undersigned citizens of Canada, petition the House of Commons to amend the animal transport regulations under Canada's Health of Animals Act to be consistent with the findings of the EU Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Welfare, to reduce transport time for pigs, poultry, horses, calves and lambs to 8 hours, and 12 hours for cattle, sheep and goats, and ensure adequate enforcement of the regulations. We ask that the amendments be passed quickly.
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SINCE SOME OF YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THE CANADIAN VIDEO "RADIO CANADA", GO TO  THE ANIMALS' ANGELS SITE.  YOU WILL BE ABLE TO  READ WHAT THESE SPECIAL ANGELS ARE DOING TO TRY TO CHANGE THE WAY ANIMALS ARE ABUSED BEFORE &  DURING TRANSPORTATION TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE. 

FOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND FRENCH, BELIEVE ME, THE ACTIONS WILL SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!

(Le fran%uFFFDais suit)There was a documentary aired on the French television station, Radio-Canada, on February 21st, 2008, called ''Enqu%uFFFDte''. The program was a description of the conditions in which animals are treated  before and during transport to slaughterhouses. Those who can stand to see the program can go to :http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/enquete/archive209_200802.shtml.

You can also go on the Animals Angels site: http://www.animals-angels.com/ to see the work this international team has been doing in order to change the inhuman conditions in which animals are being transported.

There is an international outcry about the way animals are being transported to slaughterhouses and there is a need to change the laws.

It is timely to send as many petitions as possible to change these laws.

Petitions will be sent to: Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals, 213-33 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5R 2E3


Thank you for helping!
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Un documentaire a %uFFFDt%uFFFD pr%uFFFDsent%uFFFD Radio-Canada le 21 f%uFFFDvrier 2008 %uFFFD l'%uFFFDmission ''Enqu%uFFFDte'' concernant le transport des animaux vers les abattoirs. Pour ceux qui n'ont pas encore vu cette %uFFFDmission et qui peuvent tol%uFFFDrer de la regarder, vous pouvez aller %uFFFD l'adresse suivante:http://www.radio-canada.ca/actualite/v2/enquete/archive209_200802.shtml.

Vous pouvez %uFFFDgalement aller sur le site de Animals Angels:http://www.animals-angels.com/ pour voir le travail remarquable que cette %uFFFDquipe internationale fait afin de changer les conditions inhumaines des animaux durant leur transport vers les abattoirs.

Il y a en ce moment une r%uFFFDvolte au niveau international concernant la fa%uFFFDon avec laquelle les animaux sont trait%uFFFDs avant et durant le transport sont vers les abattoirs et il y a besoin pressant de changer les lois.

Il est temps d'envoyer autant de p%uFFFDtitions possibles pour faire changer ces lois. Veuillez envoyer vos p%uFFFDtitions %uFFFD: Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals,213-33 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5R 2E3


Merci d'aider!